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S2409 (ACTIVE) - Details

S2409 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs.

S2409 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

BILL NUMBER: S2409
SPONSOR: MARTINEZ
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in
relation to extending the authority of the department of environmental
conservation to fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to extend the Department of Environmental
Conservation's (DEC) crab management practices.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would extend for one year, until 2020, the authority of DEC to
manage crabs by regulation.
JUSTIFICATION:
Crabs have played an important role in New York's fishing history. For

exaMple, the horseshoe crab:has sometimes been called a living fossil,
having remained relatively unchanged in appearance for 350 million
years. Horseshoe crabs are an important part of the ecosystem, serving
as a food source for migratory shorebirds, including red knos, funCtion-
ing as bait for the taking of whelk and Aterican eel.,411dproviding an
important contribution to medicine with a clotting agent in their blood
called Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL) for which t ere is currently no
synthetic substitute. This legislation would extend DEC's authority to
manage crabs, including horseshoe crabs, for an additional year.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is new legislation.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2409
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 24, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
extending the authority of the department of environmental conserva-
tion to fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 13-0331 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 2017, is
amended to read as follows:
7. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand
[eighteen] TWENTY, fix by regulation measures for the management of
crabs of any kind including horseshoe crabs (Limulus sp.), including
size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons,
closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, require-
ments for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements,
requirements on the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and
requirements relating to transportation, possession and sale, provided
that such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set
forth in this chapter and provided further that such regulations are
consistent with the compliance requirements of applicable fishery
management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commis-
sion and with applicable provisions of fishery management plans adopted
pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07815-01-9

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